Stimulation of the prefrontal cortex in the rat induces patterns of activity in midbrain dopaminergic neurons which resemble natural burst events

Synapse

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-208

  Tong, Z Y ^a   Overton, P G ^a   Clark, D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A10 cells; A9 cells; Cortical efferents; Electrical stimulation; Extracellular recording

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030062402     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199603)22:3<195::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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